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Vol. 117, No. 24	June 17 , 2009

County HVAC bid approved without controversy by Fiscal Court

By LARRY SEE JR.
Messenger Staff

Meade County Judge Executive Harry Craycroft recommended Johnson Controls as the vendor for the courthouse’s heating/ventilation and air conditioning systems.

And members of the Fiscal Court, with Magistrate Herbie Chism absent, unanimously approved his recommendation at the June 9 meeting.

Johnson Controls was the lowest bidder for the service, as the chart above, ranked from lowest to highest, indicated. This year’s vendor, HMC, was the highest priced firm.

The only local vendor bidding for the project was Lusk Mechanical of Muldraugh.

Craycroft assured magistrates all of the bidders submitted quotes on the same specifications. The matter surfaced after bidders earlier had incomplete information included, resulting in Fiscal Court tossing all bids and restarting the process.

Craycroft checked out the firm’s references and found them all to be reputable companies with a good ranking.

In other business, members witnessed County Attorney Margaret Matney present $2,834.44 in cold check fees to the Court.

Matney didn’t know if the presentation had been done in the past, but told magistrates it was required to be done under state statute.

She explained the cold check account was considerably lower in June 2007, thus a presentation wasn’t made before Fiscal Court.

In other business, members:
• Acknowledged receipt of budgets for the following funding districts.

The list included the Meade County Fire Protection District, the Flaherty Fire Protection District, the Meade County Conservation District, the Riverport Authority, the Meade County Health Department, the Central Kentucky Community Action Council, the Meade County Public Library and the Lincoln Trail Area Development District.

• Heard Craycroft recommend hiring of Tom Bridge as the county’s GIS/GPS coordinator.

In this position, Bridge will be responsible for taking care of the addressing needs as the county continues to move onto a enhanced 9-1-1 communications system.

Craycroft said three finalists were interviewed and Bridge emerged as the favorite.

Magistrates didn’t make a motion to appoint Bridge, causing Craycroft to say the matter would be dealt with at a later time.

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